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In ExtremeTech’s latest This is My Rig build, we run through Rich Ackermann’s liquid-cooled hexa-core workstation. This 75-pound monster runs 64GB of RAM, dual 120mm radiators, over 6TB of storage, and still looks better than any computer you’ve ever built.

Intel has announced that it will leave motherboard manufacturing after Haswell. The company will still develop reference designs, all-in-ones, and Next Unit of Computing hardware, but believes that the PC consumer space is adequately served by modern mobo manufacturers.

Intel’s Sandy Bridge-E has landed. We had the chance to test the Core i7-3960X extensively, as well as take a look at Intel’s DX79SI motherboard, which packs the hot new X79 chipset. If you need maximum performance — and we’re talking six cores, 64GB of RAM, and PCI-E 3.0 — Intel has you covered.

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